polttaa — meaning in English
Finnish → English · translate English → Finnish instead
English meaning
- blaze noun A large, fast-burning fire.
- blow verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
- burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
- cauterize verb To seal a wound by burning it with heat or a chemical agent, usually to stop bleeding or prevent infection.
- fire noun The chemical reaction of burning, producing heat, light, and flame.
- force noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.
- incinerate verb To destroy something completely by burning.
- nettle noun A plant covered in tiny stinging hairs that cause an itchy rash when touched.
- parch verb To burn the surface of, to scorch.
- retire verb To leave one's job permanently, usually after reaching a certain age.
- scald verb To burn with hot liquid.
- scorch verb To burn the surface of something, discolouring or damaging it without destroying it completely.
- sear verb To burn or scorch the surface of something with intense heat.
- smoke noun The visible gas and particles given off by something burning.
- torch noun A small portable light powered by a battery (British usage); in American English, a stick with a flaming end used as a light source.
Senses
polttaa is used for these senses in English:
- blaze (transitive, rare) To set in a blaze; burn.
- blow (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- burn (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
- burn (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
- burn (transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
- burn (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
- burn (transitive) To waste (time); to waste money or other resources.
- burn (intransitive, slang, card games, gambling) To discard.
blaze — full definition
- noun A large, fast-burning fire.
- verb To burn brightly, or to shine with intense light.
- noun A white or light-coloured mark on a horse's face, or a mark cut into a tree's bark to show a trail.
blow — full definition
- verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
- verb To explode or shatter suddenly, or to cause something to do so.
- verb (informal) To waste or squander, especially money or an opportunity.
- noun A hard hit or strike.
- noun A sudden shock or setback.